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25 January 1672

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Theatre: The (first) Drury Lane Theatre
Theatrical Season: 1671-1672
Volume: 1
Comments: Journal of the Earl of Anglesey, 25 Jan. 1671@2: At eight of the clock The King's playhouse took fire, and most of that side of Russell Street and many other houses thereabout were burnt down, and we in Drury Lane and all about in great danger; but the Lord had mercy, and by great industry and blowing up houses the fire was overcome: I had no rest, but sat up almost all night, even till six in the morning. The Lord pardon sin, which brings judgements (HMC, 13th Report, Part VI [London, 1893], p. 270. The Bulstrode Papers (I, 217): About 8 hapened a sad and violent fire, which begun in the King's Theater, and in a few howers burnt down that...severall were hurt and killed, amongst which was Mr Bell, one of the actors in that house. For a poem, On the Unhappy Conflagration of the Theatre Royal, January 25th, 1672, see Fitzgerald, A New History of the English Stage, I, 137

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    Source: London Stage Information Bank

    *p?bridges Comment. *c?bridges <i>Journal of the Earl of Anglesey</i>, 25 Jan. 1671@2: At eight of the clock <i>The King's playhouse</i> took fire, and most of that side of <i>Russell Street</i> and many other houses thereabout were burnt down, and we in <i>Drury Lane</i> and all about in great danger; but the Lord had mercy, and by great industry and blowing up houses the fire was overcome: I had no rest, but sat up almost all night, even till six in the morning. The Lord pardon sin, which brings judgements (<i>HMC, 13th Report</i>, Part VI [<i>London</i>, 1893], p. 270. <i>The Bulstrode Papers</i> (I, 217): About 8 hapened a sad and violent fire, which begun in the King's Theater, and in a few howers burnt down that...severall were hurt and killed, amongst which was $Mr Bell=, one of the actors in that house. For a poem, <i>On the Unhappy Conflagration of the Theatre Royal, January 25th, 1672</i>, see $Fitzgerald=, <i>A New History of the English Stage</i>, I, 137.

  • Cleaned Data

    *p1672 01 25 bridges Comment.*c1672 01 25 bridges <i>Journal of the Earl of Anglesey</i>, 25 Jan. 1671@2: At eight of the clock <i>The King's playhouse</i> took fire, and most of that side of <i>Russell Street</i> and many other houses thereabout were burnt down, and we in <i>Drury Lane</i> and all about in great danger; but the Lord had mercy, and by great industry and blowing up houses the fire was overcome: I had no rest, but sat up almost all night, even till six in the morning. The Lord pardon sin, which brings judgements (<i>HMC, 13th Report</i>, Part VI [<i>London</i>, 1893], p. 270. <i>The Bulstrode Papers</i> (I, 217): About 8 hapened a sad and violent fire, which begun in the King's Theater, and in a few howers burnt down that...severall were hurt and killed, amongst which was $Mr Bell=, one of the actors in that house. For a poem, <i>On the Unhappy Conflagration of the Theatre Royal, January 25th, 1672</i>, see $Fitzgerald=, <i>A New History of the English Stage</i>, I, 137.

  • Parsed Data

    Event: 973 | 16720125 | bridges | <i>Journal of the Earl of Anglesey</i>, 25 Jan. 1671@2: At eight of the clock <i>The King's playhouse</i> took fire, and most of that side of <i>Russell Street</i> and many other houses thereabout were burnt down, and we in <i>Drury Lane</i> and all about in great danger; but the Lord had mercy, and by great industry and blowing up houses the fire was overcome: I had no rest, but sat up almost all night, even till six in the morning. The Lord pardon sin, which brings judgements (<i>HMC, 13th Report</i>, Part VI [<i>London</i>, 1893], p. 270. <i>The Bulstrode Papers</i> (I, 217): About 8 hapened a sad and violent fire, which begun in the King's Theater, and in a few howers burnt down that...severall were hurt and killed, amongst which was $Mr Bell=, one of the actors in that house. For a poem, <i>On the Unhappy Conflagration of the Theatre Royal, January 25th, 1672</i>, see $Fitzgerald=, <i>A New History of the English Stage</i>, I, 137

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